Tag: Online Poker

04-08-2009

Tom 'durrrr' Dwan and Patrik Antonius at last logged some serious hours in their $200/400 pot-limit Omaha challenge match, playing from 2:40 a.m EDT until mid-morning on Wednesday. The two played 2,043 hands over nearly seven...

04-08-2009

The PokerStars Super Tuesday drew a crowd of 348 players this week, all battling for the first-place prize of $68,250. When the field was whittled down to the last two players, Swiss online player 'I'am_Sound' overcame a 2-to-1...

04-08-2009

This week's $1K Monday event at Full Tilt attracted 349 runners, each vying for the first-place prize of $87,250. Online star Jeremiah Vinsant came to the final table second and chips, and ended up the winner after...

04-07-2009

Event #8-Hi of the PokerStars All-Stakes Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) concluded on Monday. 34 players returned for Day 2 of the $3,150 no-limit hold'em tourney. Matt "MCMATTO" Affleck started the final table...

04-07-2009

After a ten-day break, the 'durrrr Challenge' finally resumed Sunday afternoon, with Tom 'durrrr' Dwan and Patrik Antonius playing an eleventh session in their heads-up $200/400 pot-limit Omaha match. The two squeezed...

04-06-2009

The Full Tilt $750,000 Guarantee drew 3,882 entrants, with $137,461.62 awaiting the winner. Notable finishes included those of Jordan Morgan in 10th place ($7,453.44), McShove in 12th ($7,453.44), Bjorn-Erik 'Hikkespett' Glenne...

04-06-2009

The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker continued on Sunday with Event #8-Hi, a two-day $3,150 no-limit hold'em affair. The tournament drew 915 entrants, falling a bit short of its $3,000,000 guarantee...

04-06-2009

The PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker Event #7-Hi featured the five games of H.O.R.S.E., with a $10,300 buy-in. There were 80 entrants and the guaranteed prize pool of $750,000 was just eclipsed, with the pool...

04-05-2009

The fourth European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP IV) is just around the corner. Hosted by Titan Poker and available on the iPoker network, ECOOP IV will kick off May 25th, running through to the main event on June 7th...

04-05-2009

'Dude… where is everyone?' That was the question many online railbirds were asking this week, as the 'durrrr Challenge' remained on hiatus and the high-stakes action on Full Tilt slowed to a near-crawl....

04-04-2009

The PokerStars All-Stakes Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) Event #4-Hi was a $1,575 NL Hold'em 2X Chance turbo affair. There were 552 entrants and 282 second-chance rebuys, resulting in a prize pool of $1,251,000...

04-03-2009

Bodog has published its annually entertaining list of betting odds on player performance for the WSOP. Rather than focus on the odds of any single player winning – which would be extremely long for any pro in this era...

04-02-2009

Team PokerStars Pro has just announced its latest casting coups, confirming the ongoing presence on its roster the presence of two young European players who made poker history in 2008: Peter Eastgate and Ivan Demidov...

04-02-2009

The much anticipated PokerStars All-Stakes Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) series begins today at PokerStars. The new spring series runs April 2-12, 2009, and includes 22 different events, with each event...

04-01-2009

Early-week online poker results featured a live-event notable capturing a big Internet tourney. 2008 WSOP 'November Nine' player Scott Montgomery took down the Full Tilt $1K for more than $95,000, while Michael...

03-30-2009

Another busy Sunday of online poker action saw thousands of players in action in several major events. The weekend's biggest payday ($142,970.07) went to a nonwinner (AmirSF) in the PokerStars Sunday Million; after a late...

03-29-2009

This week, the high-stakes tables on Full Tilt Poker saw the return of two of the game's most talked-about players. David Benyamine has certainly battled his demons (and his bankroll) playing high-stakes online cash games...

03-27-2009

One hour into Thursday morning's session of the 'durrrr Challenge', Tom Dwan found himself on a serious heater. After booking wins in his last two meetings with Patrik Antonius in their 50,000 hand, $200/400 pot-limit Omaha...

03-26-2009

Full Tilt Poker today released the schedule and assorted other details for the site's upcoming twelth Full Tilt Online Poker Series. FTOPS XII is scheduled to run May 6-17, 2009, and will again feature 25 events...

03-25-2009

The online poker site Bugsy's Club closed its virtual doors this week, having dealt its final hand after just over six years of operation. By arrangement with PokerStars, the 180,000 players on Bugsy's Club have been invited...